ArticleEuropean journal of epidemiology2019
Hearing loss, cognitive ability, and dementia in men age 19-78 years.
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- Population attributable fractions of a wide range of peripheral diseases for the burden of dementia.Nature human behaviour · 2026Pooled it
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- Hearing Loss and Dementia: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
- Decoding the renal-cochlear axis: explainable machine learning and phenotype clustering reveal high-risk hearing loss subtypes in CKD.Renal failure · 2026Article
- Temporal sequencing of sensory impairments and frailty reveals vulnerability-dependent dementia risk.Research square · 2026Article
- Hearing Loss Among Older Adults: Epidemiology, Disparities, and Gaps in Research.Annual review of public health · 2026Review
- Post-infection sequelae of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases-a nationwide Danish study with 40-month follow-up.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Dementia and hearing loss: from risk to mechanisms and management.Frontiers in dementia · 2026Review
- Hearing loss and incident dementia over 8 years in Black and White older adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2026Article
- Hearing Loss in Young and Middle-Aged Adults as a Modifiable Risk Factor for Late-Life Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Audiology research · 2025Review
- Association of midlife hearing impairment and hearing aid use with incident dementia: analysis of two UK-based longitudinal cohort studies.Nature aging · 2025Article
- Hearing impairment and dementia: cause, catalyst or consequence?Journal of neurology · 2025Review
- Exploring the Link: Unraveling the Connection Between Hearing Loss and Psychiatric Disorders.Cureus · 2025Review
- Hearing Loss and Alzheimer Disease.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025Review
- Loneliness and Risk of Incident Hearing Loss: The UK Biobank Study.Health data science · 2025Article
- Gender-specific associations of speech-frequency hearing loss, high-frequency hearing loss, and cognitive impairment among older community dwellers in China.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Deep phenotyping of Alzheimer's disease leveraging electronic medical records identifies sex-specific clinical associations.Nature communications · 2022Article
- No Influence of Age-Related Hearing Loss on Brain Amyloid-β.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2022Article
- Sport as a Factor in Improving Visual Spatial Cognitive Deficits in Patients with Hearing Loss and Chronic Vestibular Deficit.Audiology research · 2021Article
- High-frequency Noise-induced Hearing Loss Disrupts Functional Connectivity in Non-auditory Areas with Cognitive Disturbances.Neuroscience bulletin · 2021Article
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Abstract
Hearing loss in later life has been associated with risk of dementia. The impact of risk factors for dementia may change during life, and it is unknown whether hearing loss early in midlife represents a risk factor for dementia. We examined whether hearing loss diagnosed in midlife was associated with an increased risk of dementia. A cohort comprising 942,567 Danish men enrolled in the mandatory conscription board examination was followed from conscription (age 19). Cognitive ability was measured at conscription, while hearing loss was ascertained either by physicians diagnosis at conscription or by the Danish National Patient Registry from 1977 to 2016 (ICD-8:388; 389; ICD-10:H90; H91). Differences in cognitive ability in relation to hearing loss at conscription were calculated using t test, while the risk of dementia associated with hearing loss was estimated using Cox regression with adjustment for cognitive ability, education, depression, diabetes, hypertension, and cerebrovascular disease. Men with hearing loss at conscription had about 2 points (corresponding to 0.20 SD) lower mean cognitive score than those without hearing loss. During follow-up, 59,834 men had a hearing loss diagnosis, while 9114 were diagnosed with dementia. Midlife hearing loss was associated with an increased rate of dementia diagnosed before age 60 (adjusted Hazard Ratio (HR) = 1.90 [95% CI 1.59-2.76]) or at a later age (adjusted HR = 1.15 [95% CI 1.06-1.25]). Our study supports the evidence that early identification and correction of hearing loss holds promise for prevention of dementia later in life.
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